What to do if cancer runs in your family

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If close relatives have had cancer, be vigilant about your health ... and use an online calculator to help to work out the risks

There is cancer in my family. There is probably cancer in your family too. Are
we just unlucky, or could the misfortune of our relatives be a clue as to
what is likely to happen to us?

Sharon Osbourne recently revealed that she had left nothing to chance after
discovering she was carrying “the breast cancer gene” and had both breasts
removed. Preventative bilateral mastectomy may be a drastic measure, but it
is not that uncommon — as many as 3,000 women in the UK are thought to have
made the same choice.